Improved stand and mirror



UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIoE.

W. H. HUGHES AND H. L. LEN'I, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED STAND AND MIRROR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,723, dated September 4, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

. Be it known that we, W. H. HUGHES and H. L. LENT, of Peekskill, in the county'of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Toilet- Stand and Mirror 5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full7 clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' this specification, in which- The present invention consists in combiningI with a toilet-stand a mirror in such a manner that its height from the top of the stand can be adjusted to suit the wishes of the person who is using it, and according as may be found necessary to obtain the requisite View of the person when arranging the dress or other article of wearing-apparel, or performing the toilet, or dressing the hair, Svc.

In accompanying plate of drawings my improved combined toilet-stand and mirror is illustrated, the figure being a partial side elevation and vertical section of the saine.

A in the drawings represents the toilet- Y stand, which may be of any of the usual forms or styles, which stand in the present instance simply consists of an upright box or post, B, set upon legs O at its lower end, and surmounted by a table or top board, D, at its upper end 5 E, the mirror, which is hung between the arms F of the forked end G, swiveled to the upper end of the shaft or rod H, so as to swing or turn therein, as is now the case with mirrors upon bureaus, toilet-stands, &o. This rod H plays through an aperture, I, in the top of the stand, and passing down into the post B has a rope or cord, J, secured to its lower end. That extending upward in the said post passes over a pulley, K, hung in the upper end of its center partition, L, and thence down the post, with a weight, M, secured to its end snfcient to balance the weight of the mirror and its rod H and hold it in position without falling.

By arranging the mirror in the manner above explained it is plain to be seen that its height above the top ofthe stand can beregulated and adj usted at pleasure within the limit or range ot' its play, and that it is thus susceptible or" being brought to any position desired or necessary to enable the proper view of the person to be obtained when arranging the dress, toilet, hair, Ste., the advantages of which are obvious.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A combined toilet-stand, or its equivalent, and mirror, when the latter by its staft' or rod H is hung or suspended to the said stand by means ot' a cord, J, pulley or pulleys K, and weight M, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 13th day of June, 1866.

w. E. HUGHES. E. L. LENT.

Witnesses ALBERT W. BROWN, M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

